Paths to the Triune God An Encounter Between Aquinas and Recent Theologies

Anselm Kyongsuk Min

ISBN 10: 0268034893 / ISBN 13: 9780268034894

Published by Univ of Notre Dame Pr, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paths to the Triune God An Encounter Between Aquinas and Recent Theologies
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268034893
• ISBN 13: 9780268034894
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.63 kilograms

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Synopsis

In Paths to the Triune God, Anselm K. Min brings the theology of Thomas Aquinas into mutually critical dialogue with contemporary theological concerns. Min defends Aquinas's Trinitarian theology of reason and creation against modern detractors of natural theology while also calling attention to the lack of historical consciousness in Aquinas's writing. Min discusses Aquinas's affirmation of the salvation of the non-Christian through a moral life but also criticizes his sometimes naive approach to salvation history. Min presents Aquinas's Trinitarian theology of salvation through the incarnation and the possibility of a sacramental theology of religions for today while also taking seriously the scandal of his doctrine of reprobation. Min highlights Aquinas's contemplative conception of theology against contemporary preoccupations with praxis while also criticizing his intellectualist interpretation of human existence. Min also offers a substantive presentation of Aquinas's Trinitarian theology and a full-scale analysis and critique of the views of such contemporary social Trinitarians as Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., all in light of Aquinas. He concludes that neither the purely sapiential theology of Aquinas nor the purely prophetic theology of contemporary liberation movements is adequate, arguing that contemporary theology must methodologically incorporate into its content a tension between wisdom and praxis.

About the Author

Anselm K. Min is the John D. and Lilian Maguire Distinguished Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of a number of books, including Paths to the Triune God: An Encounter between Aquinas and Recent Theologies (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005).